Today's hosta, 'Restless Sea' was new to me spring 2007. I recently moved it because a nearby border of Allan P. McConnell was getting too large and threatening to overwhelm this one. This is said to appear to always be in motion, hence the name. I'm not so sure about that but I really like the plant which has a little zig-zag edge to each leaf. Also white backs to the leaves which may also contribute to the name. This year it bloomed for me, possibly for the first time though I'd have to check my records to be sure.
I just got mine late last year, so it's still out in the growing area, awaiting its garden placement.
Great to see the beautiful flower display on this one!
Linda P
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Thanks Chris. But I'd like to see more pics of the sames hostas which others have. I guess maybe not everyone is addicted to the camera like I am. I've made a habit to photograph the entire collection once a week if I can and I find those photos invaluable as a record - but it takes time to edit and, particularly, rename them so I know what I have.
Wow Ann, once a week you photograph your Hostas? I'm lucky to photograph them once per season. It's not so much the photography, but like you said, the renaming of the files, resizing and sorting them that is time consuming.
I love your photos of the day. Restless Sea is on my want list, can't wait to get it!
Wendy - the reason I think those pics are so valuable is that I have diagnosed problems with my hostas - HVX, foliar nematodes and seen sports first when I'm editing the pics. I think we tend to look at the plants in the flesh somewhat selectively and don't always notice what is really going on with them. More than once I've seen it first in the picture and then taken a look at the plant and said, Oh yeah!
Ann, I think you are on to something there... I actually noticed that phenomenon just recently. Someone on another forum was talking about "Sara's Sensation" showing burning on it's leaves just like Frances Williams. I thought, mine doesn't burn at all, it looks gorgeous. So I was going to post a pix of my SS, and it wasn't until I was looking at the photograph did I notice that mine was showing burned spots on it's edges too! I never noticed it while observing it in my garden
This is another late bloomer. This picture taken Aug. 31 of a year with a very early spring. It was still blooming 10 days later, but my picture isn't as good.
In 2014, 'Restless Sea' fills the space available to it in this narrow garden. As I post, it is covered with bloom and looks spectacular. Picture July 16, 2014.
Mine is in bloom today and it is lovely. It is in fairly deep shade so the blooms are lighting up that corner. I would guess this is 3-4 years old so not a robust grower or me. It is also surrounded by Wood Poppy seedlings.
September 5 2014
June 1 2014
The kiss of the sun for pardon
The song of the birds for mirth
One is nearer God's heart in the garden
Than anywhere on earth
Doris Frances Gurney "Garden Thoughts"
I'm lucky to photograph them once per season. It's not so much the photography, but like you said, the renaming of the files, resizing and sorting them that is time consuming.
Mockingbird feeding juvenile yellow raisons - never leave home without them.